Culture Crawl Visual Arts, Design & Craft Festival
The studios at VIVA Alliance are opening their doors for Culture Crawl 2025!
Open Studios:
• Arezou Moeini Studio
• Orii Design
Come by, wander through the space, meet local artists, and see where the work happens — from sketches on the walls to full installations in progress. Our studios come alive during Crawl, and we can’t wait to share that energy with you.
Dates: November 20–23, 2025
Hours: Thursday & Fri 5PM–10PM, Sat & Sun 11AM–6PM
Location: 401–353 Railway Street, Vancouver. Find our open studios location under A5 in the 2025 studio guide and map.
Join us and be part of this year’s creative flow at the Eastside Culture Crawl Visual Arts, Design & Craft Festival from November 20-23, 2025. The festival will welcome visitors into the studios and workshops of Eastside artists in more than 80 registered buildings, including 20 new buildings to the Crawl – marking a 25 percent increase in options for exploring all that is on display across the Eastside Arts District. This year also marks the beginning of a three-year partnership with the Audain Foundation as the Culture Crawl’s presenting partner, recognizing the importance of creative spaces and experimentation to a vibrant and healthy arts ecosystem.
One of the city’s largest and most popular cultural events of the fall season, the Culture Crawl open studios attract and inspire more than 45,000 visitors annually. Encompassing the region bounded by Columbia Street, 1st Avenue, Victoria Drive, and the Waterfront, the Eastside Arts District (EAD) is the most concentrated area of artists, designers, performers, craftspeople, and culture producers in Vancouver and is known nationally as an area rich with creativity and inspiration. The festival offers visitors a window into the artistic practices of artists living and/or working in Vancouver’s Eastside Arts District (EAD,) representing creators specializing in painting, jewelry, sculpture, furniture, leather goods, photography, glass works, textiles, and more.
As part of the weekend, you’ll also find I, the Vessel, a two-artist exhibition by Maya River and John Steil, presented in our main gallery.